October 6th, 2021, 12:00-1:30pm
Virtual
Blog
Rutgers Students Needed to Conduct Bus Rider Surveys for New Jersey Transit
VTC is seeking to hire Rutgers University students to conduct onboard ridership surveys September through December 2021.
Ellen O. White is a recipient of the the Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship
The WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship was established in 1981 by WTS International to encourage women to pursue career paths in transportation.
Join VTC and its NJ Safe Routes to School Program
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey seeks qualified candidates to fill two project coordinator positions.
Ayla Schermer Receives 2021 Mortensen-Voorhees Award
Ayla Schermer is the 2021 recipient of the Mortensen-Voorhees Award for Achievement in Transportation Studies. Each year, this award is granted to the highest-achieving student with a concentration in transportation at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
A Century of Progress: The Port Authority’s first 100 years
June 16, 2021, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Virtual
Transport Innovation and COVID-19 Recovery: Designing Urban Environment
May 12, 2021, 9:15 – 10:30 AM
Virtual
Andrea Lubin speaks on Autonomous Vehicles at U.S. Access Board Forum
VTC Senior Researcher Andrea Lubin presented this week with her Rutgers CAIT Colleague Cecilia Feeley at the U.S. Access Board Forum on Inclusive Design of Autonomous Vehicles.
New Health in All Policies Continuing Education Training Course
June 18, 2021
Virtual
Adrian Ayala is awarded First Place for APA’s Transportation Planning Division Student Paper
Adrian Ayala is awarded First Place for the 2021 National American Planning Association’s Transportation Planning Division Student Paper Competition for his paper, Exploring Alternatives to Police-Based Traffic Enforcement and OVercoming their Potential Barriers to Implementation.
Recent Publications
Understanding How Changes in Mobility Affect the Spread of Coronavirus
Abstract In an effort to understand how changes in mobility are associated with the spread of the coronavirus, distinguished professor Robert Noland used mobility data from Google correlated with estimates of the effective reproduction rate, a measure of viral...
Bikeshare Usage Change in New York City Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract Bikeshare use in New York City dropped substantially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by summer of 2020 had largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The patterns of usage, however, have changed. In “Changes in the Pattern of Bikeshare...
Research: Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China
Noland, R.B, Wang, S, (2021). Variation in ride-hailing trips in Chengdu, China. Science Direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920920307823?via%3Dihub Abstract A new paper by Bloustein School doctoral candidate Sicheng Wang and Distinguished...
Predicting transit mode choice of New Jersey workers commuting to New York City from a stated preference survey
Abstract This study examines transit mode choice preferences of New Jersey commuters traveling to New York City (NYC) with the objective of assisting trans-Hudson ferry service planning on the basis of variables significantly affecting mode choice. A stated...